Diagnosis of osteomyelitis in children: Utility of fat-suppressed contrast-enhanced MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1232-1238

  Averill, Lauren W ^a,b   Hernandez, Andrea ^a   Gonzalez, Leonardo ^a   Peña, Andres H ^a   Jaramillo, Diego ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Contrast material; Gadolinium; MRI; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65649131234     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3400     Document Type: Article

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